RP: Trapped

[demiturner]

Date: August 4, 2011
Characters: Demi Turner, Ezra Loy, Caleb Young, Damien Jackson, Jasper Woods, Shane (NPC), others may be called.
Location: Muse's parking lot, then Damien and Jasper's apartment
Status: Private
Summary: He came from out of nowhere.
Completion: Complete

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[ezra_loy]

Distracted would be the best word to describe Ezra as he made his way out to the parking lot. He was typing out a quick text message to Neve about things he needed for Kyle's birthday on Sunday. He was in his head again, as per usual. Fuck, he wanted to get Kyle's party right though, and working the days leading up to it was stressing him out just a little. With the message sent he tucked the phone back in his pocket, knowing he had roughly twenty minutes before Kyle got off at Angel Abbey which gave him more than enough time to get over there

[demiturner]

She knew that voice, she realized, as she was pulled into a warm, comforting embrace. God, she could place it. She uncurled a little from her ball, turning into him. Ezra. She whimpered a little, feeling marginally safer. "Ez." She opened her eyes slowly, meeting his gaze. "Wanna go home." To Jasper. She wrapped her arms around Ezra's waist, trying to regain control of her breathing. God, all of her self-defense lessons has left her and she was still terrified, but Ezra was there.

"Can you take me to Jasper's?" she whispered, needing to be away from Muse.

[ezra_loy]

Ezra met Demi’s gaze, and god, he hated what he saw in her eyes. That fear and uncertainty, he was regretting his decision to not kill the guy now, but his focus needed to be on Demi and not on getting revenge for Demi. “Hey, Dem.” He whispered, trying to give her a comforting look and not let the anger he felt right now show through. “Home it is then.” Ezra paused, glancing down at Demi he took note of her appearance, namely her shirt. “Should also get you something to wear.” He added, although he was pretty sure he had a t-shirt or sweatshirt in his car that she could slip on, it would be huge but it would at least be something

[demiturner]

Demi tried to calm her breathing, close to hyperventilating, but slightly reassured with Ezra's calming presence with her. "Um." She took another breath, trying to remember at least one of her breathing exercises. And then her brain kicked into gear slightly. "Need to tell Caleb," she said softly, glancing back at Muse. "I ... I really don't wanna go back in there." She just wanted to feel Jasper's arms around her, feel safe.

She glanced down at the mention of finding something to wear, tugging her blouse together in some semblance of modesty. "Got a bag in my car." She'd never been more thankful for the fact that she'd taken to tossing an overnight bag in her car since she never knew if she'd end up staying at Jasper and Damien's overnight. But still, she felt like she was forgetting something important.

[ezra_loy]

Ezra was still trying to stay calm for Demi's sake, which was hard when all he wanted to do was cause more damage to the guy that had done this to her. Demi was fucking tough, everyone knew it - so seeing her like this, so incredibly shaken was, well, it wasn't normal. Nodding, he knew Demi was right in that someone needed to tell Caleb. "I can tell him." Ezra paused for a moment. "Do you want me to take you to Jasper's first though?" And once they were away from Muse Ezra was pretty sure if someone else didn't suggest it, that he would maybe mention filing a police report and pressing charges.

He hadn't exactly noticed much beyond the fact that Demi's blouse wasn't exactly whole anymore. Still he made a point not to look anywhere but at her eyes, because even if he was gay, Ezra was sure it had to be uncomfortable for Demi to be exposed like that and he didn't want to make it any worse. "Okay so back to your car." He began to move back towards her car, keeping her close while he did so.

[demiturner]

Demi let Ezra guide her to her car, her eyes darting around the parking lot worriedly. "I should tell Caleb." Make it official, she imagined they needed to fill out some sort of report, maybe document it somehow. She took another deep breath. "Car, change, Caleb, home." She always did work better with lists.

Reaching her car, she fumbled for her keys. "Damn it." Why wouldn't her hands stop shaking? She was fine, Ezra had stopped anything from actually happening. She finally got her car unlocked and found her bag, digging through it until she found one of Jasper's t-shirts and pulled it over her head before attaching herself back to Ezra's side. She took another deep breath. "Okay. Caleb now." Before she fell apart again.

[ezra_loy]

Ezra wordlessly lead Demi back toward she car, sighing when she decided she should be the one to tell Caleb. Ezra had to imagine it wouldn't be easy to tell their boss about the incident, and he had every intention of being there with Demi when she did it. "Okay, Dems. Do you want me to come with you?" He wanted to go with her, but if Demi wanted to tell Caleb about it alone he wouldn't push. "Sounds like a plan." He replied as the reached her car

[demiturner]

Demi nodded at Ezra's question, trying to concentrate. The next few minutes were a blur, Ezra leading her to Caleb's office, explaining what had happened as clearly as she could. She frowned when both told her that she should go to the police - she didn't quite know why, what would be the point? Shane hadn't actually done anything. All she wanted to do was go home.

She finally acquiesced and then it was another wait that seemed to pass by without her realizing it. She clung to Ezra, repeating what had happened for the cops when they showed up. And then finally, finally she was told that she could go home.

She continued to stay close to Ezra. "Damien's and Jasper's, please," she told him quietly after they had gotten in his car. She didn't know if Meg was home, if she would be home tonight, but she knew Damien was at least there, and Jasper would be there.

[ezra_loy]

Ezra wasn't exactly sure what he was supposed to do beyond just being there to support Demi. He told both Caleb and the police his side of things, what he had seen before pulling Shane off of Demi, and as much as he wanted to leave it out he couldn't - he did mention having threatened Shane if he tried anything with Demi again

[demiturner]

Sticking close to Ezra as they walked to Damien and Jasper's apartment, Demi shrugged slightly, reaching a hand out and trying the door handle. She let out a small sigh when the it turned under her hand and she pushed the door open. She thought she had spotted Damien's vehicle out in the parking lot but she was so mixed up, she couldn't have been sure.

She hadn't spoken since they had left Muse, not that she had realized it. And she still didn't say a word, walking straight to the couch and curling into a ball on it. She felt better here, safer. She was aware of Ezra following her, of his and Damien's voices, but she couldn't be bothered to concentrate to find out what they were saying.

[damien_j]

Damien was in his bedroom, working on packing up some of the last of his stuff that was still here. He had plans to have everything done and moved by the end of next week. When he heard the door open, he just assumed it was Jasper coming home, but when he didn't hear anything after, he left his room, frowning when he saw Demi curled up on the couch and Ezra hanging back.

He approached Ezra first, pushing down any of the awkwardness he might have felt at talking to him one on one. He didn't think his past encounter with Kyle was an issue for Ezra, and now really wasn't the time to be focused on that when Demi was obviously really upset about something. "Hey, what happened?" he asked Ezra, figuring that something must have happened for Demi to have needed an escort home.

[ezra_loy]

Ezra just let Demi pull away as she moved towards the couch, following behind her as she curled into a ball on the couch. He glanced at Damien as he came into the room, whatever strange awkwardness the two had had was mostly gone now, Ezra had moved on from the fact that the other guy had slept with Kyle. It was the past and there was no sense getting worked up over it now. Anyway, it wasn't like it matter much, not when Demi was clearly still shook up over her earlier encounter with Shane

[demiturner]

Demi shifted slightly on the couch, shivering. She didn't know if the apartment was cold, or it was the situation. The fog was starting to leave her. She was fine, she was safe, she was home. Turning, she groped for the blanket she knew was behind her and wrapped herself in it, burying down in it. The blanket held good memories, of nights staying up and talking with Damien and Jasper.

She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Then took another. "Damien," she whispered, hearing the end of Ezra's explanation. "Dam', I'm okay." She took another breath, raising her head and finding Ezra and Damien not far away. "Ez' stopped'im." And that's what she had to concentrate on. She was okay. Just scared.

[damien_j]

Damien listened as Ezra explained, his jaw locking in fury, his mind filling in the blanks a little too well. Demi wasn't wearing her normal work clothes, in fact he was sure that was one of Jasper's t-shirts. Ezra's next words gave him a little hope that maybe it wasn't as bad as he was imagining. "Before - was she... Fuck," he muttered, wanting to punch something because he was still unsure if she'd actually been raped or not.

Damien looked back over at Demi when he heard her speak, letting out a relieved sigh at her words. Not as bad as he'd thought, then. "Jasper should be home soon," he said softly, looking back at Ezra. "I can take care of her if you don't want to hang around." He figured he'd give the guy the choice, make sure he didn't feel obligated to stay even though he knew he was a good friend of Demi's.

[ezra_loy]

Ezra shook his head 'no' right about the same time Demi confirmed that he had stopped the guy. He realized most people never really pegged him as the fighting type, but he could if he had to, thankfully all it had taken to get Shane to leave was a threat and a little bit of a fight - if you could even call it that.

He was torn, wanting to stay until Demi felt better, but knowing that Damien could handle things just fine - and really Demi didn't need two people hovering over her. "It's not that I don't want to hang around. Just don't think Dems needs two guys hover over her, y'know." Ezra replied quietly as he moved towards Demi, kneeling in front of her he smiled slightly. "Hey, think I'm going to head home, would you be okay with that Dems?" He'd stay if she asked.

[demiturner]

Demi took another deep breath and let it out slowly. She was safe. She frowned as Ezra knelt in front of her, leaning forward and slipping her arms around his neck. "Thanks, Ez," she whispered before pulling back. "I'll be fine now, yeah." Damien was here and Jasper would be soon, she reminded herself. She pulled her legs up, wrapping her arms around them.

"Demon?" She forced herself to use his nickname, waiting until he looked at her. "Come sit with me?" she asked quietly.